C&D Appeals $29.2M Award In Pregnancy Test Suit

Law360, New York (August 5, 2009, 10:35 PM EDT) -- A week after Abbott Laboratories appealed the $29.2 million infringement verdict against it for allegedly infringing Church & Dwight Co.'s patent for home pregnancy tests, C&D filed a cross-appeal of orders Wednesday denying its motions for attorneys' fees and treble damages.

C&D filed its appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, challenging the final judgment entered last month by Judge Garrett E. Brown Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, which awarded the company $29.2 million and...